Ben Miller
1-2-22-907 ShimoMeguro
Meguro-ku, Tokyo
JAPAN 153-0064
[+81] 090.9685.5075
ben@benmiller.com
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SKILLS
* analytical approach refined in a variety of strategy environments -- financial sector, think tank, strategy consulting, information technology research, B2B market research
* craft and deliver rigorous written and persuasive oral presentations
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EXPERIENCE
2005-current, Synovate Business Consulting, Tokyo
* market entry study for SNS (social networking service)
* distribution channel study for major oil company
2004-05, Tokyo
* freelance telco/internet journalism
* strategy project for SMS (Short Messaging Service) start-up in Shanghai
* market entry project for online behavioral marketing company
2003-04, Yankee Group, Tokyo
* monitored Asia-Pacific broadband Internet and mobile Internet industry developments
* briefed clients—primarily North American and European telcos—on regional trends
2001-02, Tokyo
* consulting contract with INSEAD to contribute to the research for the MBA Case Study "If You Build it...They Will Come: The Case of NTT DoCoMo i-mode"
2000-01, Prudential Corporation Asia, Tokyo
* market entry study for online retail financial services
1999-2000, Hikari Tsushin Capital, Tokyo
* leveraged large internet industry network to locate and analyze investment opportunities in early stage internet companies
1995-99, Ray & Berndtson, Tokyo
1994-1995, Bain & Co., Sydney
1991-94, Asia Pacific Economics Group, Canberra
1990-91, Security Pacific Merchant Bank, Tokyo
1985-90, National Australia Bank, Tokyo
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EDUCATION
1985, PhD (Economics) , Australian National University
1980, BEc (First Class Honours), University of Adelaide